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How Special Is Our Universe?
If the fundamental constants of nature differed from their measured values, life as we know it would not have emerged. Stars are witness to the force…
8 years, 2 months ago
NOW That's What I Call Carols: 1582!
Some of the world's most influential carol tunes were published in 1582. These Pious Songs' were collected by a student of Danish parentage…
8 years, 2 months ago
What Do Judges Do In The Family Court?
What do judges do in the Family Court? Follow me through a virtual week as a Roving Judge. Learn what goes on behind the scenes: how the family court…
8 years, 2 months ago
Half a Century of Heart Transplantation
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first human heart transplant. This talk will celebrate that achievement and consider what we have learned…
8 years, 2 months ago
Shakespeare's Heroes
What do we mean by a hero and where does our understanding of the 'heroic' idiom come from?
In this lecture, Jonathan Bate will show how Sh…
8 years, 2 months ago
Homer's Iliad via the Movie Troy (2004)
Homer's Iliad, the earliest Greek poem, narrates the archetypal war between 'Europeans' and 'Asiatics' divided by the Helles…
8 years, 3 months ago
A Global History of Sexual Violence
In England and Wales today, 11 people are raped every hour. 85,000 women and 12,000 men are affected annually. Another half a million adults are sexu…
8 years, 3 months ago
Watching the Heavens: Astronomy and the Meaning of Life
What did the sky-watchers of the ancient world think about the night sky, and its implications for human existence? Moving on to the great discoverie…
8 years, 3 months ago
China: New Nation, New Art, 1911-1932
As the imperial system collapsed in China, the 'New Culture Movement' focused debate on new categories of 'modernity' and 't…
8 years, 3 months ago
Diabetes: A Rising Tide
Diabetes is an increasingly common disease causing raised blood sugar with serious long-term consequences. Type 1 diabetes was almost always fatal un…
8 years, 3 months ago